Hey there! I'm a big fan of Rusted Shield, and I noticed in one of your author's notes you mentioned that you would post Part II once you've finished all of it. Are you doing that now, or is there another reason for the hiatus? Either way, don't overwork yourself!
Oh!!! I'm glad you like it. It was so much fun to write and I loved seeing other people enjoy it too!
Haha, technically, but it's slow going. Last year I was busy studying for my Licensure Exam, and right now I'm currently applying for a job, one that requires me training somewhere far from home, so, yeah, kinda busy unfortunately.
I do plan on finishing RS! Tho I think I'll need to replay the game first since a lot of details have faded from my head.
Thanks! You take care of yourself as well!
Edit, as of Nov. 1, 2025:
Rusted Shield was written as a labor of love for a game I replayed like multiple times. I watched all the cutscenes. Did most of the romances. The endings. After every main quest, I'd talk to every npc on the map just so I wouldnt miss any tidbit. I loved every character from Rhea to Jeritza. When writing Rusted Shield, I could pluck out facts I learned during my playthroughs, like 'where was this character located during this period of the game?' or, like, some backstory revealed and when it was revealed so that I could write these characters into my story the best way I knew how. Unfortunately, I can't do it anymore. It's been years since I've finished a playthrough. The later stories I published were things I had in the backburner while writing Rusted Shield so they were easy to edit and publish but I find myself hesitating to write out more when I can barely recall facts myself.
I'm not giving up on RS or any of the FE3H stories I've written. Just setting it aside for now, hahaha. Maybe one day I'll get back that ease of familiarity I once had with the source material (I've heard there might be a sequel?! Also, I haven't actually played Three Hopes yet and it seemed cool.) When I do, I'll dust off the unpublished chapters/fics I had to set aside and try again.
Thanks so much for reading! It makes me so happy to see that a lot of people enjoyed RS and all the rest of my FE3H stuff <3
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Finished the two Vaporeons! I was supposed to finish in December but new job and a loss, but I'm done. There will be a third one later but that's not gonna be pretty like these two.
For now I'll be working through old trades, commissions, challenges, and sketching in between~
if you see me liking contradicting headcanons for the same character just know it's because I do not give a fuck and I have an active imagination #hewouldsaythat
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au where clone wars Obi-Wan gets de-aged to his padawan self (about 25) and the clones learn that two padawans and ten years actually MELLOWED their Jedi general in terms of how much of an asshole he is. They’re all expecting young obi-wan to be his peace keeping Jedi self but instead they get the man that had fun explaining how the trade federation would rip Jar Jar apart and called 9 year-old Anakin a pathetic lifeform to his face.
Unsuspecting clone after walking into a mission briefing: sorry sir! Didn’t know you were here!
Obi-Wan: it’s alright, I also forget I have working hands that can knock
Cody and Anakin: ???
Or
Grevious: General Kenobi
Obi-Wan:
Obi-Wan: have I gone mad, or is a hodgepodged droid holding a lightsaber?
Or
Ahsoka: doesn’t the council forbid using republic funds for non-mission purposes?
Obi-Wan, while slamming his second shot: I don’t see how that’s relevant
Mace Windu said fuck the rules fuck the law fuck tradition the Chancellor is a Sith Lord and has made himself an emperor and I’m not going to sit by and let it happen.
Mace Windu said if I do nothing I’d be betraying the democracy I thought I was fighting for this whole time, which means more than the crimes I’ll be charged with when this is over.
And yet people try to praise Anakin or Dooku for “leaving a corrupt system”. As if that was why Anakin left. As if Dooku did anything but make it worse. People praise the Mandalorians for only following their own rules. As if we’ve ever seen the Mandalorians truly stand for anything.
As if we don’t already have the most metal anti-authoritarian, badass character for people to praise.
And yet these parts of the fandom hate him. I wonder why 🤔
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Missing Scene from this is his body (and this is his love)
[Read this is his body (and this is his love)]
Obi-Wan feels the force of Anakin’s indignant anger before his former-padawan ever even crosses the threshold into his quarters. With a sigh, he abandons the pad he’d been working on to the wreck that is his desk and pinches the bridge of his nose to stave off the headache-incarnate that will be storming into the room in approximately two minutes.
“Sir?” Cody asks, glancing up from his own pad in confusion. Usually, he has to enlist both Helix and Bones to pry Obi-Wan away from the pad before reports are completed. The voluntary surrender must be quite jarring.
“Anakin,” Obi-Wan mutters, gesturing vaguely.
As if on a cue, the door to Obi-Wan’s quarters springs open, and the young man in question bursts in, his face a perilous shade of red. He throws down a pad of his own onto Obi-Wan’s desk like an accusation, sending a few sheets of flimsiplast fluttering to the floor.
“What,” is all Anakin says. Just: what.
Behind Anakin’s shoulder, Rex is having a very intense conversation with Cody using only his eyebrows. Behind Rex, Fives and Echo—if Obi-Wan has correctly recalled their names—are pointedly looking anywhere but at Obi-Wan.
“Anakin, I’m not a mind reader,” Obi-Wan reminds his former padawan for the millionth (possibly trillionth) time.
“But you’re a stripper?!” Anakin explodes. His voice climbs an impressive three octaves.
Cody makes a noise that sounds suspiciously like he’s being Force-choked. Obi-Wan resolves to check on that as soon as this resolves itself.
“Anakin—”
“Don’t try to deny it!” He spits, tapping angrily at the pad he tossed down only moments ago. “There’s footage. I had to see this with my eyes, Obi-Wan!”
A holo springs to life from the pad, projecting what is undoubtedly Obi-Wan himself only a scant week prior rendered in miniature, flickering holo-blue as he twists down a pole. The holo doesn't quite capture the the full effect of the gold paint. What is does capture, however, is the fact that this is clearly Obi-Wan.
Poor Captain Rex has his eyes fixed straight up at the ceiling with all the grim horror of a man about to face down a firing squad. Behind him, Fives and Echo are nearly as red as Anakin himself, who is growing redder and redder by the very second. Cody might be asphyxiating.
Obi-Wan sighs and reaches over to flick the holo off. Drawing on a deep well of patience that he doesn’t quite feel, Obi-Wan slowly raises his eyes to meet Anakin’s increasingly flustered and furiously embarrassed gaze.
“And?” Obi-Wan asks.
Cody wheezes.
“AND?!” Anakin explodes. “Master, please, please, tell me this has been doctored. We can find whoever did this together—”
“Anakin, it isn’t doctored.”
Anakin freezes. He blinks a few times, processing. “What. What do you mean, ‘it isn’t doctored’?”
A headache begins to throb in Obi-Wan’s right temple. Absently, he brings a hand up to massage the ache. “That is me, yes. Although I can’t say that I’m happy the holo was taken without my knowledge, I won’t bother to deny it. It’s not as if I’m ashamed.”
Anakin splutters, helplessly flailing. After a few false-starts and half-aborted words, he manages to squeak out, “But you’re a JEDI?! On the COUNCIL?”
“Really? I hadn’t noticed,” Obi-Wan deadpans. “This is no big secret, Anakin. I’ve been dancing here and there since I was about eighteen. It drove Qui-Gon to a rather spectacular breakdown or two, so I’ve heard."
Obi-Wan remembers these fits of righteous parental fury and embarrassment fondly.
Anakin covers his face with both hands and wails.
“I am curious, though, as to how you found this footage?” he asks after a moment, fetching the pad in question and examining the page that hosts the holo.
“Uh—”
“That would be Fives, Sir,” Rex interjects, dragging the trooper in question into the room by the scruff. “Go on. Tell the General how you found it.”
“Just court martial me, please,” Fives begs.
“No one is getting court martialed, Fives,” Obi-Wan placates. “Again, this really wasn’t a secret by any means.” He carefully does not mention the fact that, by this point, the entire 212th battalion is aware and in unanimous, enthusiastic support. Baffled, he turns back to Anakin. “Force, Anakin, you’ve met Quinlan.”
“I thought he was just like that!” Anakin cries.
“Quinlan?” Fives blinks in confusion. He seems to remember the precise position he’s in (namely, trapped in the room by Rex’s firm grip on the back of his neck in case he tries to run) and visibly goes through each stage of grief. It seems as though he had not meant to utter that question aloud.
Obi-Wan merely smiles at him and replies, “Jedi Shadow Quinlan Vos. We were agemates at the Temple. The only nicknames he’s used for me since I was eighteen were some variation of ‘slut’ and ‘whore’. Affectionately, of course.”
“Oh god,” Fives chokes.
Cody makes a sound not unlike a death-rattle.
“Anakin, can you please have this crisis elsewhere? I have work to do."
“Please tell me you aren’t a stripper,” Anakin begs. He looks as though he hasn’t slept in at least three days.
"Anakin," he clicks his tongue. "Why would I lie to you?"
"Sir, if I may," Fives begins.
"No, you may not," Rex interrupts, but he plows onward.
"I just wanted to say how talented—"
Cody springs to his feet, points at the door, and barks, "OUT." It's all Obi-Wan can do to stifle his laughter. Cody does tend to get so very protective with men outside of their battalion.
"This isn't over," Anakin hisses, snatching up his pad with righteous indignation.
Obi-Wan decides just to have a little bit more fun at his old padawan's expense. He smiles, slow and easy. "Of course not." Obi-Wan leans back as far as his uncomfortable chair will allow, feigning casualness. "I've got a show coming up just next week."
Not even Rex bodily removing Anakin from his office stops Obi-Wan from hearing the wordless howl of frustration that follows.
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Love the idea that in a better life when the Clone Wars end, commander Cody gets both a promotion and married shortly after. So next time someone asks for ‘General Kenobi’ Cody proudly walks in like “that would be me!”
Guy makes a really stupid decision and gets in a car accident -> no real damage from accident but insurance goes up -> starts beating himself up over his stupid decision -> gets depressed -> starts to realize he's single and had crash been worse he'd die alone -> realizes he's never had a relationship or even a crush and starts wondering what he'd want out of a relationship -> starts to realize he doesn't really like girls so he thinks he must be gay -> realizes he likes girls and boys about the same amount, so he must be bi -> later realizes that "same amount" is none at all -> he's ace
Something about the way Jedi are very dignified but also ready to go apeshit and leap tall buildings in a single bound is so fun. Star Wars asks the very important question of “what if wizards were also jocks?”
Finding out AI companies are chewing through - literally, they’re pulping and burning them as they go - millions of books often including 1/1s and old texts that cannot be reprinted
Meanwhile there’s always some dipshit telling me AI is the future and we’ve got to just let companies erase human history and literature so they can train their abomination machines to pretend to think like people because a judge said it’s fine
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